‘re-connect’
exhibition by
leeds college
of art
2015
complacency; always striving to add to this already long list of successful artists as well as building on the history and reputation it has earned over the past 173 years.
“THE STAFF ARE APPROACHABLE AND SUPPORTIVE AND WORK CLOSELY WITH THE STUDENTS.” The Guardian
Leeds College of Art is a renowned independent art school that prides itself on its creative atmosphere, closeknit community and its long running reputation. In the past, visionaries such as Henry Moore and Barbara Hepworth studied at LCA, along with more recent artists such as Damien Hirst, Marcus Harvey, Danny Sangra and Omar Kashoura. Although this list of alumni is extremely impressive, Leeds College of Art doesn’t allow
In more recent years, Leeds College of Art has been awarded ‘The highest ranked independent art college in the 2015’ by The Guardian. According to The Guardian,, “the staff are approachable and supportive and work closely with the students”, which can be vouched for by many students that love the university’s hard working but creative ambiance which allows work to be produced at a high level.
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GRAPHIC DESIGN The exhibition is showcasing Simon Harrison, John the work of Graphic Design’s Watters, Simon Jones and Level 4 and Level 5 students. Daniel Cookney. This group of staff all have experience The course has a long running in the creative industry which reputation of producing directly helps the students excellent work, and it is one gain knowledge and a strong of the most competitive understanding of what is to courses to get a place on out be expected after university. of all the ones the university offers. With more than 400 applicants each academic year only 50-60 gain a position on the course, allowing the students to get have a small, intimate class, which boosts work flow and creativity. The small class sizes means more one to one time with teachers, which is also helped by the great staff:pupil ratio. Alongside programme leader Amber Smith, the staff of BA Graphic Design include;
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This exhibition is shared between both level 4 and level 5 graphic design students and creates the opportunity for both years to see other’s work outside of their usual work groups up on display. Having individual books, these students researched the theories and theorists to develop incredible responses to the brief that was set resulting in an excellent exhibition that is well worth taking a look at in the Leeds Central Library between 13th and 27th May.
LEVEL 4
LEVEL 5
This exhibition showcases the re-imagined covers of theory books designed by students of LCA.
Level 5 are also displaying their work on a project that goes along side the level 4 work. Where as all of level focused on visual culture theory books, level 5 had the freedom to choose any theory book whether it be about sports, psychology or film.
Level 4 students were all appointed a visual culture theory book, some old some new, but all renowned and recognised in design. The challenge here being that as a theory book on design, the cover will have already been specifically designed to suit the book’s content and the theorist’s thoughts and feelings on the matter, so the question the students had to ask themselves was how can the design be improved? With only minimal restrictions for the task the students were left to research, explore and design however they thought was best. The restrictions being that the cover must be suitable as a stand alone poster, the poster should only include two colours, and it must be screen printed. All of these restrictions along side their thoughts on the book and their individual approach on the brief, resulted in excellent, unique work all specific to each student.
Although the books may be different, the task is the same; redesign the book’s cover. As the books can be on any subject matter, the design outcomes are all going to be extremely unique, creating a wide range of posters that will be on display. Another interesting thing about level 5’s work is that it can be produced in any way they feel fits the work best, whereas level 4 were required to screen print their work. This just adds to how divers all the work will be and it is definitely worth taking a look at each individual piece.
LEVEL 4
Yacke Almagro Chiavarine Victoria Baguley Theadora Beare-Gotterson Sophie-Grace Bisset Andrew Boulton Amelia Bramwell Katie Bull Daniel Carter Rowan Carter Peter Daniels Ethan Earle Megan Edwards Billy Fairclough Rebecca Farmer James Feehan Emily Fieldhouse Isobel Glazzard
Jessica Lomax Christopher Mahoney Aaron Major Paayal Makdani Matthew Mcgann Taime Newton Emma Nicholls Rya Nicholson Florence Packer Emily Patrick Isla Pearce Gabrielle Renavent Adam Riley Alexander Robertson Liam Sayer Rebekkah Silveira Joel Sleet
Frederick Graveling Laura Harris Daniel Hart-Davies Richelle Hew Tom Hodkin Rhys Jones Vedika Kapoor Emily Kaye Nathan Laville Harriet Leigh-Wootton
Jack Solomon Laura Taylor Charlotte Walker Lois Wilcock Harriet Windley Cameron Wolfe Charles Wood Polly Woollard Charles Worrall Sarah Winter
LEVEL 5
Joseph Auckland Liam Bailey-Meagher Declan Bell Rory Blakemore George Boreham Matthew Brewer Elliott Brodowski Daria Buoninconti Vanessa Cain Eva Clapham Josiah Craven Neil Gilchrist Ryan Daley Johnathan Dawes Alexander Finney Daniel Gee Thomas Houghton
Joseph Lindley Billie Meredith Rebecca Kelly Alec Mezzetti Maurice Mitchell Abbie Moakes Alexander Phipps Melissa Morris Harry O’Brien Aimee Parker Will Morrell James Smith Taylor Pycroft Katie Rothery Johnathan Pell Jacob Simmonds Kieran Walsh
Molly Goggin Rosalyn Halford Eleanor Heywood James Holt Sophie Mcdonald Olivia Homar Jessica Johnson Elliot Jones
Helen Street Lucy Stronach Elisabeth Taylor Joe Valentine Jessica Wood Ashley Woodrow-Smith Poppy Young Margaux Da Nascimento
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